Guess what. I went to Washington DC and didnt bring my camera. Idiot Simon. So i have pilfered the internet and included photos of sites i did see. Now to give a very brief and probably not very accurate description of US polictical history. In 1789 George Washington became the 1st President of the United States of America, hence the capital is called Washington DC with the DC being District of Columbia in recognition of Christopher Columbus. Native americans like aborigines in Oz were alledgedly around for about 50,000 to 60,000 years before white eurpoeans showed up but i guess they werent really important in the late 18th century and so far as i could tell nothing was really named in honour of any of the real locals. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President in 1861
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